Emmerdale spoilers: Ross Barton returns to crime as Charity Dingle blackmails him over shooting Robert Sugden

(Picture: ITV)Ross Barton is thrown back into the world of Charity Dingle in coming scenes as she reveals her latest trump card – she knows that he shot Robert Sugden!

After Ross discovers that Charity has been blackmailing Emma over hiding Noah, he intervenes and warns her off so she instead turns her attentions to him. She wants £50,000 in exchange for her keeping quiet about Robert.

Needing the money to buy Diane’s half of the Woolpack, Charity has Ross over a barrel – and he knows that the only way he can get his hands on that type of cash is to resort to criminal measures once more.

(Picture: ITV)Heading into a jeweller’s in disguise, a nervous Ross has a plan forming – but it is clearly extremely risky with so much at stake.

(Picture: ITV)As he puts on an act, Ross pulls out all of the stops to ensure he gets his hands on the cash Charity needs. Meanwhile, Charity figures out what he is up to when Cain says he has gone on a job and taken Moses with him.

(Picture: ITV)She arrives at the jeweller’s to see Ross coming out – but has his plan paid off?

(Picture: ITV)As things threaten to go awry, it could be up to Charity to be his saviour and get him out of another sticky situation. And with them finding a flair for working together again, this could be the first of many scams they aim to pull off together.

But could their professional relationship develop into something more? Well, it has done in the past.

(Picture: ITV)Presenting a flustered Doug with the first installment of the money, Charity is closer to her new future as joint landlady alongside Chas. But as Cain watches from afar, will he realise where the money came from?

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Finding Debbie

Using his newly reformed bond with Charity, Ross is determined to get in touch with Debbie and asks for Charity’s help to find her number.

Using Andy as an excuse to try and get her number off of Cain, Charity raises his suspicions.

Later, as Ross and Charity make the call, how will Debbie react to hearing from them?

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